Comprehensive Statistical Analysis: It Seems Likely that the Winner of Tonight's White Sox - Twins Game Will be Decided by "Runs Scored".
by The Actual El Guapo on Sep 30, 2008 2:51 PM CDT
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PrintMy post yesterday, addressing what I perceived to be the relative importance of the Tigers-White Sox game to the White Sox 2008 playoff chances, received a fair amount of criticism. Put briefly, some of the site's more sophisticated, "elite" readers seemed to believe that some of the points I made were overly simplistic. The proprietor of this site, in fact, has informed me that there were several threats by readers to cancel their subscriptions; which is of course particularly troubling in today's chilly economic climate.
By way of recompense, and to prove that the editors of this site can talk stats, "advanced metrics" and "the numbers game" as well as any of the so-called "experts" out there (and you know who you are, NS), this post therefore addresses a far more advanced topic: What I believe will be the key statistic in determining the winner of tonight's White Sox - Twins matchup.
After performing exhaustive research and thorough analysis of essentially all relevant methods of measurement -- including "OPS", "SLG", "OBP", "VORP", "WARP", "SNLVR", "Runs Created", "POS", "OPOS", "Moneyballyosity", "Winneritude", "Wanting-it-More-y-ness", " "Dirty-Uniform-Expectancy (ver.2/pants)", and "Caught-Stealing/Player-Height" -- I am prepared to present my findings.
Runs scored, fellow readers, runs scored - I truly believe that tonight's winner will be the team which scores the most total runs in the game. My findings indicate that it will be exceedingly difficult for either team to overcome a significant deficit in runs scored tonight; particularly if such team trails in that department at the end of the contest.
Unfortunately, space constraints do not permit me to "show my work", but I certainly welcome any challenges, questions, comments, etc. from you, the readers. Let me have it but, please, please, please: Be gentle!
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Another way of looking at it . . . .
is that the team that allows the fewest runs will win. Puts the focus on pitching rather than hitting.
Finally, a fellow traveler on the path of knowledge!
This must’ve been what it was like when Bohr got to meet Einstein.
Or Abbot & Costello got to meet Frankenstein.
by The Actual El Guapo on Sep 30, 2008 3:47 PM CDT up reply actions
And Dracula. Don't forget Dracula.
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by SSH2005 on Aug 6, 2008 1:08 AM EDT
Quick question:
You say:
“My findings indicate that it will be exceedingly difficult for either team to overcome a significant deficit in runs scored tonight…”
I ask:
What is a “significant” deficit? I’d agree if you mean maybe 6 or 7 runs, yet I’m not so confident that the Twinks couldn’t overcome one of 2 or 3.
Please explain or ‘show your work’.
(I’d say submit to peer review, but you are peerless.)
In two weeks they will win 7 or 8 in a row and you all will have 10 inch boners.
I like your confidence in the Twins.
...and then some depressed fucked-cake eating.
by homesickalien on Sep 30, 2008 4:19 PM CDT up reply actions
One more quick question:
Did you also factor in the ‘Special Sauce’?
In two weeks they will win 7 or 8 in a row and you all will have 10 inch boners.
Well, I did something in the Special Sauce, but I'm not sure it counts as "factoring".
I have no idea what that means.
by The Actual El Guapo on Sep 30, 2008 3:49 PM CDT up reply actions
special sauce, secret sauce...
another variable that NS uses.
You could look it up…
In two weeks they will win 7 or 8 in a row and you all will have 10 inch boners.
lineups
I hope swish is in left field, he has hit the twins well at the cell!
by BestKosherPolish on Sep 30, 2008 3:21 PM CDT reply actions
Hope you meant to refer to 2009
because otherwise it’s the most obvious f*ing post ever written.
by Dongfang Hong on Sep 30, 2008 3:23 PM CDT reply actions 2 recs
how so? I, for one, appreciate the research put into this
I didn’t have time to do it myself.
In two weeks they will win 7 or 8 in a row and you all will have 10 inch boners.
I was referring too...
Happy Felsch’s comment to the other post by TAEG.
"Rickey Henderson, pick up the phone, man, it's me... you"
It's always funniest if you grab 'em by the collar
and methodically explain the chain of thought that led to the joke.
by Dongfang Hong on Sep 30, 2008 3:44 PM CDT up reply actions
what's funnier is that you thought it needed explaining
or that my reply to you was taken seriously.
Kids.
In two weeks they will win 7 or 8 in a row and you all will have 10 inch boners.
I call bullshit.
but hey… it’s the internet.
"Rickey Henderson, pick up the phone, man, it's me... you"
I call Twins fan who is on the wrong blog the past couple days.
...and then some depressed fucked-cake eating.
by homesickalien on Sep 30, 2008 4:20 PM CDT up reply actions
Poor El Guano...
All the time and effort into this analysis, and the only comments come from Tigers and Twins fans.
In two weeks they will win 7 or 8 in a row and you all will have 10 inch boners.
Were not Twins and Tigers fans
we are fans of solid statistical analysis.
"I never get nervous. Baseball consists of two things: hitting and pitching, and we've got both." - Carl Pohlad
So, turncoat, are you Tigers or Twins?
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by SSH2005 on Aug 6, 2008 1:08 AM EDT
Sssh! Don't disturb the visitors.
Daymonster and DonkeyHong may leave if you start up again.
In two weeks they will win 7 or 8 in a row and you all will have 10 inch boners.
Naw, I'll never leave. I love SSS.
Many of the posts are great. Some of the comments are dumb, but what do you expect?
"Rickey Henderson, pick up the phone, man, it's me... you"
I've already left, having made my yearly post.
by Dongfang Hong on Sep 30, 2008 3:41 PM CDT up reply actions
Donger, stick around. You usually come up with some good stuff.
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by SSH2005 on Aug 6, 2008 1:08 AM EDT
Take a look at the
the picture, website, quote, or information. The answer is there.
"Rickey Henderson, pick up the phone, man, it's me... you"
He was talking to me, not you. "Turncoat" was in reference to a recent hiatus
Enjoy!
In two weeks they will win 7 or 8 in a row and you all will have 10 inch boners.
AEG, please tell me you've either worked for or are about to work for The Onion.
You are a perfect compliment to their style. (It is meant as props, bro.)
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by SSH2005 on Aug 6, 2008 1:08 AM EDT
Thanks, man -- nice of you to say so, but if I'm going to write for anyone,
it’s going to be for these guys: http://rentmychest.com/
by The Actual El Guapo on Sep 30, 2008 3:56 PM CDT up reply actions
Fucking stathead,
Watch a baseball game.
signed,
Joe Morgan
The best baseball player ever
Ceterum censeo Minneainem esse delendam.
I hope we're consistent tonite
"I don't care about [players' feelings]," manager Ozzie Guillen said before the game. "They don't care about mine. I never heard any player come to me and say, 'How are you feeling today?' Only my wife told me this morning, 'How do you feel?' I feel fine."
If we can concetrate on consistency, we will win.
But I don’t want to make predictions. You never can know. But I think we’ll win. But we’ll have to remain consistent.
by Dongfang Hong on Sep 30, 2008 4:11 PM CDT up reply actions
As long as we don't clog the bases we have a shot
"I don't care about [players' feelings]," manager Ozzie Guillen said before the game. "They don't care about mine. I never heard any player come to me and say, 'How are you feeling today?' Only my wife told me this morning, 'How do you feel?' I feel fine."
Beginning fo the fucking end.
Pitching and defense win baseball games in September and October.
I'll bet Joe loved the market back then, too.
Pitching and defense win baseball games in September and October.
Needs more "Gary Sheffield told me".
by The Actual El Guapo on Sep 30, 2008 4:14 PM CDT up reply actions
If only we had Robbie Cano
we’d be shoo-ins, but lemme tell you, while this team may be good, they aren’t as good as the teams I played on in Cinci
-Jeeves Life in the Cell
AEG, enough of this stat bullshit
Don’t tell me what kind of runs they score, just tell me when they score ’em.
"I don't care about [players' feelings]," manager Ozzie Guillen said before the game. "They don't care about mine. I never heard any player come to me and say, 'How are you feeling today?' Only my wife told me this morning, 'How do you feel?' I feel fine."
Ya know, Feisty, back in '67 when we won the pennant, Yaz did not drive in or score a single run the entire year.
But he won MVP unanimously, because those writers back then knew what a lot of folks don’t nowadays: It was when he didn’t drive ‘em in or score ’em, not how many he didn’t score or knock in.
by The Actual El Guapo on Sep 30, 2008 4:13 PM CDT up reply actions
Did the umpires call it where it crossed the plate or where the catcher caught it that year?
Chicago White Sox Examiner—Your What Hurts?
http://www.examiner.com/x-425-Chicago-White-Sox-Examiner
by UribeAuction on Sep 30, 2008 4:23 PM CDT up reply actions
lineups
sox with same as yesterday
twins have
span
casilla
mauer
morneau
cuddyer -dh
young
harris
punto
gomez
by BestKosherPolish on Sep 30, 2008 4:09 PM CDT reply actions
no kubel?
Is he shitty against lefties or something?
Lurking since 2006
by boyonthedock on Sep 30, 2008 4:10 PM CDT up reply actions
vs lhp
Kubel: .232/.330/.374, 3 HR, 15 BB, 22 K, 115 PA
Cuddyer: .246/.372/.308, 12 BB, 14 K, 78 PA
I wish he was in my fantasy league. id bury that cocksucker- KenWo4Life
Who's this Punto guy? Is he new?
by The Actual El Guapo on Sep 30, 2008 4:14 PM CDT up reply actions
I think they traded Erwin Santana for him.
by Dongfang Hong on Sep 30, 2008 4:22 PM CDT up reply actions
No, I'm pretty sure it was Erwin Santana.
Eric Milton is an OF/DH for the Texas Houstons.
by Dongfang Hong on Sep 30, 2008 4:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Ozzie is gutless. Cuddyer is our Swisher.
I hope to christ Wise does well tonight, but I want to see Swisher in there. Fuck.
Should Be a Fantastic Game tonight
Just Wanted to Stop by and Wish the White Sox the Best Of Luck in the game tonight.
Sincerely
Twins Territory
sox lineup
Aparicio, ss
Fox, 2b
Landis, cf
Lollar, c
Cash, 1b
Smith, rf
Callison, lf
Phillips, 3b
Pierce, p
twins np right now. Lots of people in black and a few annoying twins fans. Playing music with a “black” theme. Paint it black. Black magic woman. Go sox!
whoa-oa black betty
bam-a-lam
I don’t want my beer to taste like fruit or honey. I want pussy to taste that way.
by thatshortkid on Sep 30, 2008 5:29 PM CDT up reply actions
Black Dog.
Black Velvet.
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by SSH2005 on Aug 6, 2008 1:08 AM EDT
"I'm black and I'm proud."
If you quote the Godfather of Soul, keep it real.
What about “Black” by Pearl Jam? That ought to get you in the mood.
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by SSH2005 on Aug 6, 2008 1:08 AM EDT
i hope i speak for everyone when i say
fuck pearl jam.
nothing gets ‘em wetter than infrequent postings on the city’s second favorite team
just speak for yourself you little indie twot ;-)
by onlysoxfaninboston on Sep 30, 2008 5:40 PM CDT up reply actions
Aw, just 'cause he's a Cub fan
doesn’t mean the music sucks. Old stuff is great. Old, but great.
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by SSH2005 on Aug 6, 2008 1:08 AM EDT
PS How about a gamethread? WTF?
"I suck... the Sox don’t." reply actions 25 recs
by SSH2005 on Aug 6, 2008 1:08 AM EDT
dude, i think that's first time i've seen you curse on this site, even though you used an acronym
the season finale must be getting to you
by onlysoxfaninboston on Sep 30, 2008 5:43 PM CDT up reply actions
eff (something)? mother-effer?
I don’t want my beer to taste like fruit or honey. I want pussy to taste that way.
by thatshortkid on Sep 30, 2008 5:48 PM CDT up reply actions
where the hell is The Pornstar Managing Editor?
nothing gets ‘em wetter than infrequent postings on the city’s second favorite team
I don’t want my beer to taste like fruit or honey. I want pussy to taste that way.
by thatshortkid on Sep 30, 2008 5:35 PM CDT up reply actions
fuck yeah, great ref
although i like nations more. if i had a time machine, would love to travel back and witness the makings of this fine album…
tensing up before the game, but brotha’s gonna work it out i know…
by onlysoxfaninboston on Sep 30, 2008 5:39 PM CDT up reply actions
Speaking of Kenwo
I had to tell a father visiting his kids to stop trying to talk to me about wrestling and focus on his child
I have no idea about who the hell he was talking about
You know you are a winner when you see your kids 3 hours a week and your trying to talk to the case manager about wrestling
I don’t want my beer to taste like fruit or honey. I want pussy to taste that way.
by thatshortkid on Sep 30, 2008 5:49 PM CDT up reply actions
dude, that was like the worst metallica album, hands down, i hope it doesn't jinx our sox
by onlysoxfaninboston on Sep 30, 2008 5:51 PM CDT up reply actions
doesn't paulie use 'enter sandman'?
I don’t want my beer to taste like fruit or honey. I want pussy to taste that way.
by thatshortkid on Sep 30, 2008 5:54 PM CDT up reply actions
I like least triples.
TAEG, you make me laugh. I get stressed leading into AND ON EVERY FUCKING PITCH in big games.
So TAEG, win or lose, I want an equally funny followup tomorrow.
And as Captain Stubby and the Buccaneers always say, “Let’s go, go, go White Sox.”
Pitching and defense win baseball games in September and October.
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